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Eight nights before he coached in his sixth Super Bowl, Bill Belichick was a punchline. Embroiled in an NFL investigation into allegations that his team used underinflated footballs in an AFC Championship Game victory, Belichick has become fodder for the evening news anchors and the cable news chattering class. But Belichick reached a new level of celebrity when he was skewered by “Saturday Night Live” last weekend. George Halas was affectionately known as Papa Bear. Curly Lambeau had field named in his honor. Vince Lombardi's name adorns a rest stop and he was once considered as running mate for Richard Nixon. Belichick? Mocked by SNL. As he prepares for the biggest...

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The Cardinals have beaten up on a trio of bad teams in the Falcons, Texans and Jaguars to improve to 6-4, so it's hard to tell if they are for real or not. This weekend's game against the Colts will be revealing.

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Eight nights before he coached in his sixth Super Bowl, Bill Belichick was a punchline. Embroiled in an NFL investigation into allegations that his team used underinflated footballs in an AFC Championship Game victory, Belichick has become fodder for...

The Courant's Paul Doyle is in Arizona this week covering the Patriots, Seahawks and everything Super Bowl XLIX. Follow along through each day's activities leading up to the game as he sets the scene from Phoenix.Patriots Take To Practice...

PHOENIX — Brandon Browner was an original member of the "Legion of Boom," the name given to the Seattle Seahawks' aggressive defensive backfield.
But on Sunday, Browner will be lining up against his old team. And he's showing no loyalty to...

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — The headline writers at the New York tabloids figure to be heartbroken. On a Wednesday morning when they were having the time of their lives trumpeting the Patriots' deflated footballs controversy, the freak show that has been the...

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — No bold statements. No wild guarantees. Just two serious football guys from New Jersey aiming to turn the New York Jets' fortunes around. Coach Todd Bowles and general manager Mike Maccagnan presented a united front as a new era...

NEW YORK — Todd Bowles is coming home and taking over as the New York Jets' head coach.The Jets hired the Arizona Cardinals defensive coordinator Wednesday to replace Rex Ryan, who was fired, along with general manager John Idzik, on Dec. 29 after six...

The MLS SuperDraft is Thursday and the consensus top pick played in Storrs. UConn sophomore Cyle Larin had 52 points on 23 goals and six assists in 39 games for the Huskies. He also has a slew of honors, including AAC rookie of the year in 2013...

To The Good People of St. Louis:
I saw the headlines about Stan Kroenke, owner of the St. Louis Rams, proposing to build a stadium in Los Angeles, and your plan for a new stadium on the Mississippi River that would cost as much as $985 million, nearly...

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Jets are close to an agreement with Arizona Cardinals defensive coordinator Todd Bowles to make him their head coach, according to two people with knowledge of the negotiations.
Bowles told ESPN in a text that he was taking...

Once the Red Sox lost out on Jon Lester, which was no great surprise, they moved quickly to fill their rotation, adding lefthander Wade Miley (Arizona) and righthander Rick Porcello (Detroit) in trades, then reaching an agreement with...

Jim Harbaugh is heading to his alma mater at Michigan with an announcement expected Monday and a news conference scheduled for Tuesday, according to multiple reports.
Harbaugh is expected to accept a six-year, $48 million offer to become the next head...

The day that has become known as "Black Monday" in the NFL as owners take the opportunity to make coaching changes, got off to a fast and furious start. Four coaches and two GMs out already. News so far:
Jets Rex Ryan, John Idzik out: Four...

LeBron James, who turned 30 this week, has never missed more than five games in a row, but that streak will apparently end. James is expected to miss two weeks with knee and back strains that already have cost him two games. Are these fluke injuries and...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Cam Newton finally has his first playoff victory — with a big assist from his defense.
The fourth-year quarterback threw for 198 yards and two touchdowns, Carolina's defense set an NFL record for fewest yards allowed in a postseason...

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The Green Bay Packers remain in hot pursuit of the No. 1 seed for the NFC playoff.The Atlanta Falcons, well, they remain in pursuit of the championship in the woeful NFC South.The Packers dominated the first half, then...

DETROIT -- Matthew Stafford had a notion that the Detroit Lions' offense would make a dramatic turnaround.The Lions had not scored a touchdown in their previous two games, but Stafford, the team's quarterback, liked their body language prior...

Through two weeks of the NFL season, most of the 23 players with Connecticut ties have seen action, many as starters. So far one player has been sidelined: Redskins tight end Jordan Reed's status is uncertain after he injured his hamstring in Week 1....

There's a new Derek Jeter commercial out, this one for Gatorade. If you haven't seen it, he decides to get out of a cab and walk the last few blocks to Yankee Stadium meeting and greeting folks along the way, especially at Stan's, the old souvenir...